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Celine Dion Is Getting Used to Singing 'I Need a Drink'

 

Celine: I do. I do karaoke in my own house and with my kids and The Wiggles. Go-to song — my kids bring me to what they want to do and right now it’s The Wiggles. The Wiggles and all the shows for children like Blues Clues.

 

I would so love to see a video of her doing karaoke with the twins!

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Hi Guys,

 

As promised I tried to buy a copy of the Gay Times in Manchester but no copies left in the few places I tried.

 

Anyway went high-tech and downloaded the iPad app instead, 2 screenshots attached for you all ;) x

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I really wasn't sure where to place this info...moderator please move if needed.

 

So I'm going through my local Sunday paper store circulars looking for ads on the release of the new album and the only promo ad I found was for Target....no Best Buy and no Walmart. Anyone else have promo ads for Walmart?? If I were Celine's team I'd be a bit upset since she did promo them at their share holders meeting in this video (6.45). Hoping it's not all Walmart store ads that did this especially Celine's store #2,050 in Nevada which she promo'd in this video

 

 

I was shocked to see in my local paper this article which does promo the album. Gonna have to contact this guy ..."second-best-selling female artist of all time"??? Is there something I don't know?

 

Anyway, happy to see the promos.

 

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu261/bubbawawa/image_zps124b32e4.jpg

 

Target Ad

 

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu261/bubbawawa/image_zpsf4f6f3f0.jpg

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Madonna comes first :)

Well paint me purple and call me Barney!! Glad I didn't call that reporter lol. Thanks!

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Then there are people that will say that Mariah is 2nd but that's debatable lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am not starting a comparison.

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Apprends-Moi tes Secrets...

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Hi Guys,

 

As promised I tried to buy a copy of the Gay Times in Manchester but no copies left in the few places I tried.

 

Anyway went high-tech and downloaded the iPad app instead, 2 screenshots attached for you all ;) x

 

She would have been perfect for the role of the music teacher in Unfinished Songs!...

 

She says here shes bad at technology and doesnt know how to turn on a computer... but she also said before she googles and she youtubes! Hahaha

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Here's the review that appears on this week's edition of Billboard Magazine:

 

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Saw this yesterday in my store when putting out the magazines..... i had a shock when i saw the pic picture of her on the back!

 

Go get your copies UK fans!

 

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GREAT PROMO FOR THE UK!

 

kev x

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She would have been perfect for the role of the music teacher in Unfinished Songs!...

 

She says here shes bad at technology and doesnt know how to turn on a computer... but she also said before she googles and she youtubes! Hahaha

Yeah I think she would of been great for that also! I wonder if she has auditioned for anything?

 

Yeah I think she forgets what she has said about being plugged in sometimes :giggle:

I have had the time of my life following this woman! Much love.
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AMAZING! Reviews have been a lot better than those for TC so far!

 

I love the last sentence from that canadian review:

 

 

"At 45, the Madonna or Cher syndrome is not far. Happily, Céline didn't choose to go for "young". However, the singer has never looked/sounded so young."

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AMAZING! Reviews have been a lot better than those for TC so far!

 

I love the last sentence from that canadian review:

 

 

"At 45, the Madonna or Cher syndrome is not far. Happily, Céline didn't choose to go for "young". However, the singer has never looked/sounded so young."

I will not be surprised if this album gets better reviews than 'A New Day Has Come' as well!
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Thank you Kev for the mag pics! Amazing! Will defo buy it!
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http://www.allmusic....fe-mw0002580809

 

Allmusic reviewed the album by giving it 3,5 out of 5 stars. ANDHC also got the same rating

 

thanks!

how about TC?

 

Someone should update Wikipedia with all these reviews! I'm bad at that! :P

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http://www.bostonglo...bs4K/story.html

 

A mixed review from Boston Globe

the author refer "always be your girl" as an embarrassing ballad? i bet he/she didn't even hear the album, or just skip it as fast as possible. thats why the article only talks about two cover songs, because the person who writes it doesnt even give the album a thorough listen, so he can only pick the songs that he/she already knew to write about. and always be your girl happened to have an strange title. i was like :wtf: too when i first saw this song title.

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http://www.slantmaga...me-back-to-life

 

Do u believe this? awrg i hate when someone is saying those things about autotune...heavy vocal post production to fit celine and neyo voices together? really? IDIOT

 

Still an overall positive rating and a better star rating than they gave TC.

 

Here's another positive review from the Denver Post

 

http://www.denverpos...gne-david-bowie

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POP

Celine Dion, “Loved Me Back to Life,” (Columbia), ***

 

After selling more than 220 million albums worldwide, Celine Dion doesn't necessarily owe anybody a fresh sound; in fact, some might argue that should be the last thing the French-Canadian chanteuse should do. But her first English-language album in six years, and since she closed down her trend-setting “A New Day” show in Las Vegas, finds Dion creatively frisky and exploring new sonic environments for the muscular voice that helped sink the Titanic, at least on film — with help from producers such as Hasham Hussain, Emanuel Kiriakou and the Swedish team Play Production. The more contemporary approach is evident from the get-go on the Sia Fuller co-written title track, with its stuttering vocal hook and dubstep-style beats, which wouldn't sound out of place on, say, a Rihanna album. “Somebody Loves Somebody” and the bouncy “Save Your Soul” are equally 2013, while Dion delivers the Daniel Merriweather/Adele single “Water and a Flame” and “Breakaway” from the lower reaches of her register, a husker tone that sounds just as good as the more pristine approach that's her stock in trade. “Loved Me Back to Life” doesn't leave fans of her bombastic balladry wanting, either, thanks to “Didn't Know Love” and the Diane Warren-written “Unfinished Songs,” as well as a lush duet with Stevie Wonder on his “Overjoyed.” An acoustic, samba-flavored venison of Janis Ian's “At Seventeen” and the soulful “Thankful” are also winners, as is Dion's other duet, with Ne-Yo on “Incredible.” It's not a wholesale reinvention, but “Loved Me Back to Life” will make fans look at Dion a little differently and might even bring some new folks in from the sidelines.

 

http://www.benningtonbanner.com/entertainment/ci_24450226/album-previews-celine-dion-avril-lavigne-david-bowie

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thanks!

how about TC?

 

Someone should update Wikipedia with all these reviews! I'm bad at that! :P

 

3 out of 5

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Has Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield already voiced his opinion on LMBTL? :hmm: He's always been a huge "fan" of Celine. :giggle: Edited by Jeff Abbott
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I really wasn't sure where to place this info...moderator please move if needed.

 

So I'm going through my local Sunday paper store circulars looking for ads on the release of the new album and the only promo ad I found was for Target....no Best Buy and no Walmart. Anyone else have promo ads for Walmart?? If I were Celine's team I'd be a bit upset since she did promo them at their share holders meeting in this video (6.45). Hoping it's not all Walmart store ads that did this especially Celine's store #2,050 in Nevada which she promo'd in this video

 

 

I was shocked to see in my local paper this article which does promo the album. Gonna have to contact this guy ..."second-best-selling female artist of all time"??? Is there something I don't know?

 

Anyway, happy to see the promos.

 

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu261/bubbawawa/image_zps124b32e4.jpg

 

Target Ad

 

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu261/bubbawawa/image_zpsf4f6f3f0.jpg

 

 

barely promoing the album - its like a biography! haha

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http://www.nytimes.c...ytimesarts&_r=0

 

New York times review is mostly positive. Despite the criticisms, it concedes that the album is "strong" (2nd paragraph) and acknowledges that she takes surprising risks.

 

Does anyone plan on compiling these for wiki or will I have to do it? lol. I think we should wait a week until it's been released everywhere though, for a full picture. Or maybe wait for metacritic.

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